Psychological Studies
Academic journal
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Psychological Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Purnima Singh (IIT Delhi).[1] The special issue editor is Girishwar Misra (University of Delhi), who served as the editor-in-chief for 15 years through the end of 2015.[2][3]
| Discipline | Psychology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Purnima Singh |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1956-present |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the National Academy of Psychology |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Psychol. Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0033-2968 (print) 0974-9861 (web) |
| LCCN | 83054911 |
| OCLC no. | 433933791 |
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History
The journal was established in 1956 and first published by the University of Mysore, with Bangalore Kuppuswamy as editor.[4]: 1 [5] It was published twice per year through 1987.[6]
Beginning in July, 1978, Psychological Studies was published through the University of Calicut, with M. A. Faroqi as editor.[4]: 1 [6] From 1988 through 2003, the journal was published triannually.[6] In 1990, a UNESCO publication described Psychological Studies as important among Indian psychology journals published by university departments.[7]: 114 In 1991, among journals operated by Indian psychologists to publish their research, Psychological Studies was noted as important.[8]: 486
In 2000, the journal became the official journal of the National Academy of Psychology (India),[4]: 1 [9] which served as its publisher from 2004 to 2008.[6] In 2002, Psychological Studies was one of four Indian psychology journals (out of 44 total) described as having international standards.[10]: 101 Beginning in 2004, the journal began to be published quarterly.[6] Starting in 2009, Psychological Studies is published by Springer India.[11]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Indian Citation Index,[12] Scopus,[13] PsycINFO,[14] and ProQuest databases.
